Rob Nelson, Author at Cleveland Scene

Yippee-ki-noooo!

John McClane is back, and he’s . . . old.

Rob NelsonJune 27, 2007June 24, 2025

Kon’s Cure for Cinema

Paprika dreams a little crazy dream.

Rob NelsonJune 20, 2007March 22, 2025

The Torturer Talks

Chatting with Hostel Part II writer-director Eli Roth.

Rob NelsonJune 6, 2007July 13, 2023

We Aren’t the World

How the Americans fared at Cannes.

Rob NelsonMay 30, 2007April 30, 2025

JitterBug

Break out the citronella candle: This creepy thriller gets under your skin.

Rob NelsonMay 23, 2007June 24, 2025

Savage Love

Tom Kalin’s Cannes comeback.

Rob NelsonMay 23, 2007October 19, 2023

Cannes and Abel

Ferrara’s beloved New York, this time via Rome.

Rob NelsonMay 23, 2007June 28, 2025

Wedding Crashers

What comes after the nuptials in this Danish melodrama? A hell of a lot more than the reception.

Rob NelsonMay 2, 2007July 24, 2023

Here, Mike! Sit! Good Boy!

Mike White’s low-key directorial debut makes nice while slyly nipping at suburban America.

Rob NelsonApril 25, 2007July 15, 2023

Accidental Tourists

Doc treats Sudanese lost boys as feel-good fodder.

Rob NelsonApril 11, 2007June 28, 2025

Short Takes

Capsule reviews of Are We Done Yet, The Reaping, and other movies opening this week.

Scott Foundas, Rob Nelson, and Jim RidleyApril 4, 2007September 23, 2023

Short Takes

Capsule reviews of Blades of Glory, |The Bridge, and other movies opening this week.

Rob Nelson, Jim Ridley, and Julia WallaceMarch 28, 2007July 15, 2023